Mine detail: Barruecopardo

Previously called 'Includes Coto Minero MerladetBaldegallegos and Las CabritasMasucco and Saucele Deposits'

Location:	Spain, Europe
Lat / long:	41.13256, -6.51479
dep_id:	10055810
mrds_id:	SP00008
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten, Arsenic
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Scheelite, Wolframite
gangue:	Fluorite, Molybdenite, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Topaz, Tremolite
Reporter:	Sinclair W. David
hrock_type:	Granite
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Early Permian Granitic Intrusion Cut By Mineralized Quartz Veinlet Stockworks
tectonic:	Paleozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced:	1915
disc_yr:	1914
prod_yrs:	194*, 1965-INTERMITTENT
References:	Deposit:: COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A. AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART I), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 14, FEB. 1982, P. 5-8.. . COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A., AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART II), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 15, JUNE 1982, P. 5-8.. . TORRES, D.O.M., 1982, TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROCESSING OF ORES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 17P.. . ARRIBAS, A., 1979, LE GISEMENT DE TUNGSTENE DE BARRUECOPARDO, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, 1979, P. 42-49.. . PEREZ, C.L., 1982, MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF CONCENTRATES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 32P Production:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W083